India lost billions of dollars in revenue as a result of discrimination against the LGBTIQ community, as per the study done by American economist M.V. Lee Badgett for the World Bank in 2013. The study suggests that homophobia cost India s GDP anything between 112 billion and 1.7 trillion rupees (USD1.9 billion to USD 30.8 billion), , LGBTQ Community, Workforce participation, gdp ratio, Inclusivity